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ArticleNature communications2023

Modeling CRISPR-Cas13d on-target and off-target effects using machine learning approaches.

Xiaolong Cheng, Zexu Li, Ruocheng Shan, Zihan Li, Shengnan Wang, Wenchang Zhao, Han Zhang, Lumen Chao, Jian Peng, Teng Fei and 1 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 44 papers.

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44citing papers in PubMed
8.5field-weighted citation impact, top 2% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

44 citing papers in PubMed, 55 citations in OpenAlex.

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  6. Machine Learning for CRISPR-Based Diagnostics.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
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  7. A Modular and Programmable Cas13d Platform for RNA Single Nucleotide Variant Detection.Advanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2026
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  9. simCRISPR: Modeling Experimental Complexity in Pooled CRISPR Screens.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2026
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  15. Precise progerin targeting using RfxCas13d: A therapeutic avenue for Hutchinson-Gilford progeria syndrome.Molecular therapy : the journal of the American Society of Gene Therapy · 2025
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  16. A review on the mechanism and potential diagnostic application of CRISPR/Cas13a system.Mammalian genome : official journal of the International Mammalian Genome Society · 2025
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Xiaolong Cheng *Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, 20010, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9513-6258
Zexu Li *National Frontiers Science Center for Industrial Intelligence and Systems Optimization, Key Laboratory of Bioresource Research and Development of Liaoning Province, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.ORCID 0000-0002-4685-4656
Ruocheng ShanCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, 20010, USA.
Zihan LiNational Frontiers Science Center for Industrial Intelligence and Systems Optimization, Key Laboratory of Bioresource Research and Development of Liaoning Province, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.ORCID 0000-0001-5082-9560
Shengnan WangNational Frontiers Science Center for Industrial Intelligence and Systems Optimization, Key Laboratory of Bioresource Research and Development of Liaoning Province, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.
Wenchang ZhaoNational Frontiers Science Center for Industrial Intelligence and Systems Optimization, Key Laboratory of Bioresource Research and Development of Liaoning Province, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.
Han ZhangNational Frontiers Science Center for Industrial Intelligence and Systems Optimization, Key Laboratory of Bioresource Research and Development of Liaoning Province, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China.
Lumen ChaoCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, 20010, USA.
Jian PengDepartment of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1736-2978
Teng FeiNational Frontiers Science Center for Industrial Intelligence and Systems Optimization, Key Laboratory of Bioresource Research and Development of Liaoning Province, College of Life and Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Shenyang, 110819, China. feiteng@mail.neu.edu.cn.ORCID 0000-0001-9620-0450
Wei LiCenter for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Hospital, Washington, DC, 20010, USA. wli2@childrensnational.org.ORCID 0000-0002-2163-7903
Northeastern University · CNChildren's National · USUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign · US

Funding

Modeling Heterogenous Outcomes in Functional Genetic Screens Using Single-cell Genomics as ReadoutsR01HG010753 · NHGRI · CHILDREN'S RESEARCH INSTITUTE · PI LI, WEI · 2019 to 2023
$2.5M
NHGRI NIH HHS R01 HG010753
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A major challenge in the application of the CRISPR-Cas13d system is to accurately predict its guide-dependent on-target and off-target effect. Here, we perform CRISPR-Cas13d proliferation screens and design a deep learning model, named DeepCas13, to predict the on-target activity from guide sequences and secondary structures. DeepCas13 outperforms existing methods to predict the efficiency of guides targeting both protein-coding and non-coding RNAs. Guides targeting non-essential genes display off-target viability effects, which are closely related to their on-target efficiencies. Choosing proper negative control guides during normalization mitigates the associated false positives in proliferation screens. We apply DeepCas13 to the guides targeting lncRNAs, and identify lncRNAs that affect cell viability and proliferation in multiple cell lines. The higher prediction accuracy of DeepCas13 over existing methods is extensively confirmed via a secondary CRISPR-Cas13d screen and quantitative RT-PCR experiments. DeepCas13 is freely accessible via http://deepcas13.weililab.org .

Indexed as

CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, Long NoncodingClustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic RepeatsMachine LearningRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, Guide, CRISPR-Cas SystemsRNA, Long Noncoding

Identifiers

PMID36765063
PMCPMC9912244
OpenAlexW4319966493

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